Metallic bridle-winker



UNITED STATES PATENT UEEICE.

MILES O. STANLEY, OF SOUTH DANVERS, MASSACHUSETTS.

METALLIC BPtlDLE-WINKER.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 111, l2 l dated September 6, 186A.

To all whom if may concern Be it known that I, MILES O. STANLEY, of South Danvers, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Metallic Bridle-Winkel' 5 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construetion and operation of the same, reference be ing had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a side view of one of my winkers attached to the head strap, and Fig. 2 is asection in the line m yvof Fi'eul.

Like parts are indicated by the same letters i i both figures.

The nature of my invention consists, first, in constructing bridle-winkers entirely ot'metal instead-of leather, whereby I am enabled to produce a much cheaper and better article, lighter, stiffer, and more durable than any known or used before; and, second, in attaching the winker to the head-strap by means of rivets instead of sewing, thereby saving a great amount of.labor and expense.

lo enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will now describe its construction and operation.

I construct the winker A of iron, steel, brass, copper, zinc, or other suitable metal or alloy, and of any desirable size and shape. Vhen -made of sheet metal, it may be very thin, the

to cover them with black japan or other suitable paint or varnish, which also prevents the metal from corroding, or some kind of metal (as for instance brass and copper) will answer without paint or varnish, in which case the winkers may be kept bright and ornamental by scouring.

I confine the winker to the head-piece B by means of flat-headed rivets d and washer c, as represented in the drawings.

To give additional stilfness to the winker, I bend the edge that laps onto the strap B, as shown at e, Fig. 2, forming a rabbet for the reception of said strap. This, however, is not absolutely necessary, as the ovcrlappin g edge may be straight. I prefer, however, to construct it as shown in Fig. 2. By thus attaching the winker to the strapi. e., by rivets in place of sewing-I obviously save a great, amount of labor and expense, riveting being done many times faster than sewing. Again, one of my metallic winkel-s cut out, struck up,77 and painted or varnished will cost not more than one-fourth as much as the leather alone'of the ordinary kind of winkers, to say nothing of the sewing required to construct the latter, while at the same time my winkers are lighter, stiffer, and more durable than any known or used before.

Having thus described the construction and 

